C. Detouche, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin — Trade Card

C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver, 19th century

The ComplicationPA-00545Tear sheet

$235

Type
Frame

Satin-laminated wood, 20 mm face, 22 mm deep, acrylic glazing.

Frame colour: Black

Every colour is the same price.

PrintingStandard Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm

Print check at 24 x 16 in: 177 dpi, good. Trimmed 0.2% to the shape of the print.

Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Subtotal$235

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A second Detouche card from a grander address up the same street — the house literally moving up the rue Saint-Martin, and its printed paper keeping pace with more elaborate ornament. Read side by side with its sibling card, it is a business biography in two engravings. This is what the trade called horlogerie et bijouterie: watches and jewelry as one profession, and the letterhead itself as the first proof of the shop's precision.

Maker
C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver
Date
19th century
Medium of the original
Engraving
Original held by
Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Credit
Musée Carnavalet, Paris · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Public domain, verified
Catalogue number
PA-00545
As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture24 x 16 in
Outside size25.6 x 17.6 in
Depth0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
MaterialEnhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made inCharlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
SizedpiGradeHow it fits
12 x 8 in354ExcellentTrimmed 0.2%
18 x 12 in236ExcellentTrimmed 0.2%
24 x 16 in177GoodTrimmed 0.2%
Sizes withheld
SizeWhy
10 x 8 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
14 x 11 inWrong shape: a 15% crop
16 x 12 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 16 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 18 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 20 in141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
36 x 24 in118 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
48 x 36 inWrong shape: a 11% crop
60 x 40 in70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
4,256 x 2,832 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)
Tone
Darks 119, lights 233 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
23.58
Notes
  • Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print

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